Snow-removing device.



W. H. MASTERSUN. SNOW REMOVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION TILED nov'. a, 1912.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

@MQlA THE .v'i/RRL': rnl'ERS co? PHOTD-LITHO-. WASHINGTON, ay 1:.

UNITED srA EsrA'rENr o rIoE.

WILLIAM II. MASTERSON, or NEW YORK, Y.

SNOW-REMOVING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented S t 1, 1914 i Applicationfiled November 8, 1912. Serial No. 730,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MASTER- soN, a citizen of the. UnitedStates, and a resident of the borough of Bronx, city of New York, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSnow-Removing Devices, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to improvements in snow removing devices and isparticularly adapted for removing snow from the streets oflarge cities-By the use of my invention I provide a.

snow removing device which by movement in a forward direction willrapidly and efficiently collect and clean snow from the surface of acity street or other thoroughfare, such snow being automatically piledup and packed within the confines of the device as collected until itsfull capacity is reached, whereupon the collected snow may be carried toa sewer man-hole or other suitable depository and unloaded or depositedon runners, the forward end or space between the divergent sides beingopen during the collection of the snow and until the device is loaded,whereupon a pivoted front piece is swung into closed position to retainsnow within the device for the purpose of carrying the same eitherforwardly or rearwardly, the top and bottom of said device being asnearly as possible unobstructed.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 isa side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a planview of the snow removing body illustrated in Fig. 1 removed from itsvehicular body; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to these drawings A designates the front portion of amotor truck to which is rigidly but detachably connected a pair ofdriving and supporting arms a a extending forwardly of the body of thetruck and preferably bent outwardly so as A to diverge in oppositedirections from the body of the truck and to these diverging horizontalarms: a I connect by means of a plurality of uprights Z1 6 Z1 and'b abody B comprlsing a rear end piece B extending transversely, and twooutwardlyldiverging sides B B the outer ends'of such dlverging sidesbeing connected together at their lower edges by a transverse brace band as shown such body portlon is provided with a plu} rality of runnersb b which assist in supporting the'structure and act as longitudinalbraces therefor. A front piece B is preferably pivoted by means of arms'6 b on a rod or axle 6 extending transversely across and above the saldbody and bearing in the ends of the supporting and driving arms a a, thesaid front piece being adapted to be swung into open or closed positionas indicated respectively in broken and full lines in Fig. 1, the entirebottom-and top of the device being left openand as unobstructed I V aspossible. In operation, the device with the front piece B swung into theraised position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1 is pushed along the snowcovered surface of the ground by the motor truck A until sulficient snowis gathered within the same to fill the space between the sides and rearvend of the device and from the ground to the top edges of such deviceor above such edges whereupon the front piece B which is preferably ofextra heavy material is swung into the closed or lowered position shownin full lines in Fig. 1. As the snow is collected it is, by thediverging sides B B automatically piled up and packed toward the rearof'the device, and this collection and piling up is preferably continueduntil the inclosure is completely filled and piled up above the topedges, when the heavy pivoted front piece is swung downwardly andforwardly into closed position, thus further packing the vfront portionof the snow. The inclosed snowmay then be carried or transported to anysuitable de ository, such as thermanhole of a sewer not shown) where,owing to the open unobstructed bottom, the snow will of its own weightor by being slightly manipulated, fall through the device and into themanhole, or other depository. By manipulating the motor, the entire loadmay be unloaded or deposited in a sewer manhole without shoveling.

Having described my invention l claimi bottonna front piece normallyretained in open position and adapted to swing closed to retain the loadWithin the inclosure.

; 3. The combination with a motor truck having arms detachably connectedthereto and; extending forwardly therefrom, of an inclosing body havinga rear portion, two outwardly and" forwardly diverging sides connectedto the rear portion, asubstantially unobstructed bottom, and a frontpiece pivoted to swing into position to retain a load of snow with thebody.

In witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specificationin the presence of two subscribing; witnesses.

WV'ILLIAM I-I'. MASTERSON.

WVitnesses:

' HELEN: V. HOLM S,

FREDERICK P. RA DOLPH.

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